Let's Talk About Copyright

It talks of copyright infringement, lawsuits, and compensations everywhere! So, what is right and what is wrong about copying? This is something that ticks in the mind of the original creator, the one who is trying to copy and make a profit out of it, and of course the law itself. What the Copyright Law thing is all about? What are the clauses that define the “rights and wrongs” and “ABCs of Copyrights”? Most of it all, about Copyrights, the right and the wrong, has been defined and agreed upon in The “Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works” from the Paris Act of July 24, 1971, as amended on September 28, 1979, established to protect the rights of authors of literary and artistic works. The convention applies to the authors of literary and artistic works of member countries of the union that framed and approved the Berne convention for respective executive rights as accorded by the Members of the Berne Union – Assembly – and Executive Committee.

What Does The Webstamp Registration Work For?

If you have registered for example your sound recordings, written work, books, artwork, designs, computer programs, films, audio-visual works, music, lyrics, screenplays, scripts, etc.. and even pictures taken from mobile phones and tablets by directly uploading digital copies of your creative work to our website at the earliest, before or after publishing your work, you have created a proof of copyright. This takes hardly minutes. The process is completely inexpensive. The sooner your digital file is uploaded to the server the algorithm will allot a file number – the unique digital fingerprint for your file. If you make any alterations to the original version, you can upload the new copy and get a new digital fingerprint for your altered version. All the versions of your original work that has been allotted with a digital fingerprint are copyrighted and an online registration certificate proof is generated for each version of your work. Your copyright proof will be useful if you have to deal with copyright infringement cases to claim statutory damages. Creating low-cost electronic proofs of ownership simplifies authorship security for creative workers. Creators can upload versions of their work from mobile phones, smartphones, the cloud, emails, from computers, and even by simply uploading an URL (online link)

Useful & Low-Cost Electronic Copyright Proof

Creating a copyright proof is inexpensive and artists, creators, and workers of many categories can use the low-cost electronic webstamp copyright system that is offered exclusively to our members to prove their ownership and the original time of the creation of their original works and creations instantly. In cases where a lawsuit becomes necessary, the low-cost copyright registration certificate generated by the webstamp electronic registration process can be used to prove your primary ownership and the original time of creation to put all chances for winning on their side. Further, this can be validated with a US Copyright registration done at a later point in time if a lawsuit becomes necessary.

When is the U.S. Copyright Office Registration Necessary?

You need to have US Copyright Registration only when you are going to deal with an infringement issue where you are eventually willing to take things via lawsuit. Otherwise, a low-cost electronic proof of ownership is enough. Given below is a typical situational explanation for why it is better to have ownership proof created at the earliest. This little explanation below will as well help you understand how a low-cost registration process can be a powerful aid even if you did not file for US Copyright Registration before. This will also detail in a bit about how a simple low-cost ownership registration that has been done earlier than US Copyright Registration can challenge and complicate a lawsuit situation that could have otherwise been in your favor!

1- The Problem & The Complication

For instance, consider a situation where you have authored an original work and you have not bothered to create a proof of ownership by using the US Copyright Office (or) low-cost electronic proof of ownership from third-party online copyright proof websites. Someone else managed to use your work. They created a proof of ownership by using low-cost electronic proof of ownership. And, remember they registered the ownership in their name.

2- You Identify the Theft...

After some time, you somehow learn that someone else has copied your work. You get more anxious because they are using your information to generate money without giving you author credits, either by way of using it as marketing material, to generate clicks or for any other commercial purpose. Worse of all, they claim original ownership of the work. You go wild and you are seeking law.

3- What do you need to seek the help of Law?

To seek the help of law in the United States of America you need proof of ownership registered with the US Copyright Office. The major problem now is you did not do it already, nor did you create a low-cost electronic proof. What you can do now as the original author is registered with the US Copyright Office and then use the registration as proof of ownership to file for an infringement case to claim statutory damages. If all was true and you provided valid registration proof you can win up to $100,000 or more per legal definitions. However, while the infringement and breach have already occurred how will you prove that you are the original owner when you register for US Copyright Office? If you had registered your work already with low-cost electronic Webstamp copyrighting services like www.copyrightwebstamp.com to prove your ownership and the original time of creation, it is enough to have things go in your favor. It does not matter even if you file late for US Copyright Office, because you have already created a low-cost proof.

4- But you did not register...

Since you have not made this registration and the person who has copied it has smartly registered for the ownership with a third-party online time of creation webstamp company, it can leave them on the better side of the argument. This is because they created the low-cost ownership proof much before you registered with the much better and more expensive US Copyright Office. So, despite being the original owner, you are left without proper proof, just because your rival smartly registered for low-cost ownership. Therefore, it is better to create low-cost ownership proof first. It is okay if you consider the US Copyright Office registration at a later point in time when an issue really arises.

You Need Not Copyright All Your Work with the U.S Copyright Office!

The cost involved for one registration with the US Copyright Office ranges anywhere from $35 to $220. If you should be doing this for every original creation you are into, then you should be spending more. Since you need US Copyright Office only in situations where you are dealing with infringements, litigation, and statutory damages, it is enough to create a low-cost proof of ownership by making use of simple online copyright registrations. In situations, where you will have to deal with litigations you can register with US Copyright Office and produce your earliest ownership proof created at www.copyrightwebstamp.com as additional proof to proceed with winnable US copyright Office Registration based litigations. Start small… Feel Safe….

What can be Copyrighted?

We offer online Copyright Registration Services for all sorts of digital files.  

Who Should Copyright?

Copyright Registration Online Service for Creative Workers of any kind.

Whether you are a songwriter, copywriter, animator, web designer, graphic designer, programmer, screenwriter, architect, photographer, musician, or a creative worker of any kind our services are for you, and we encourage you to proceed to get in touch with us!